OIST Hosts International Workshop on Solid-State Quantum Information Processing

The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) hosted the Solid State Systems for Quantum Information Processing (SQuIP) International Workshop from June 8 to 12, 2026, on the OIST campus in Okinawa, Japan. The workshop was organised by Prof. William Munro of the Quantum Engineering and Design Unit, Prof. Denis Konstantinov of the Quantum Dynamics Unit, and Prof. Yuimaru Kubo of the Hybrid Quantum Device Team, with support from the OIST Center for Quantum Technologies (OCQT).

Approximately 60 participants from 13 countries attended the workshop, representing universities, research institutes, and industry. The meeting covered a wide range of solid-state approaches to quantum information processing, including superconducting circuits, semiconductor spin qubits, defect-based quantum systems, and hybrid quantum devices.

The scientific programme included invited and contributed talks, as well as poster sessions. Topics ranged from quantum coherence and decoherence to materials and device engineering, scalable quantum architectures, quantum sensing, quantum networking, and emerging applications of quantum technologies.

SQuIP gave researchers working on different solid-state platforms a useful opportunity to compare results and discuss technical problems that are often shared across the field. Several of these discussions also opened up possible areas for future collaboration. The poster sessions, social programme, and informal discussions were an important part of the meeting. They gave participants at different career stages time to exchange ideas, strengthen existing collaborations, and make new research connections.

The SQuIP programme also included SIP industry events held as part of Japan’s Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP).* These sessions brought together representatives from academia and industry to discuss the development and application of quantum technologies and the continued growth of Japan’s quantum technology ecosystem.

Meetings such as SQuIP help OIST and OCQT bring together researchers from different institutions and research communities, while also building closer links between fundamental research and possible technological applications.
OIST and OCQT thank the speakers, presenters, participants, supporting organisations, and organising staff whose contributions made the workshop possible.

* Japan’s Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI) under the Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) for “Promoting the application of advanced quantum technology platforms to social issues” (Funding agency: QST).

For further information about the workshop, please visit:
https://www.oist.jp/conference/squip